1 [C] the name of a book, poem, painting, piece of music, etc:
His poems were published under the title of 'Love and Reason'. * the title track from their latest CD (= the song with the same title as the disc) * She has sung the title role in 'Carmen' (= the role of Carmen in that opera).
2 [C] a particular book or magazine:
The company publishes twenty new titles a year.
3 [C] a word in front of a person's name to show their rank or profession, whether or not they are married, etc:
The present duke inherited the title from his father. * Give your name and title (= Mr, Miss, Ms, Dr, etc.). -< NAME
4 [C] a name that describes a job:
The official title of the job is 'Administrative Assistant'.
5 [C] the position of being the winner of a competition, especially a sports competition:
the world heavyweight title * a title fight (= in boxing) * She has three world titles.
6 [U,C] ~ (to sth / to do sth) (law) the legal right to own sth, especially land or property; the document that shows you have this right:
He claims he has title to the land.
verb [VN-N] [usuallypassive] to give a book, piece of music, etc. a particular name:
Their first album was titled 'Ocean Drive'.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for title is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is title a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, title is tagged as noun.
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